Could someone tell me if you have a place that has changed i.e. in this case - Warrington used to be in Lancashire, it is now in Cheshire, which one should i be putting? at the moment I am putting whichever county it was in at the time/date, but I am getting confused having both Warrington Lancashire and Warrington Cheshire in my records is this the right way to do it?? hope this makes sense
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Thread: Place Names changing
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02-07-2012, 7:49 PM #1olliepollyGuest
Place Names changing
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02-07-2012, 7:59 PM #2Jan1954Guest
I have a similar problem with Bishop's Stortford being unable to make up its mind as to whether it belongs to Hertfordshire or Essex. I have recorded it under the county in which it was sitting at the time that a particular record was created, like yourself. It works for me....
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02-07-2012, 8:40 PM #3
I would put the County, where the record occurs before the boundary changes with a note.
Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire are my bones of contention.
Steve.
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03-07-2012, 4:42 PM #4olliepollyGuest
thanks guys i guess il just carry on even tho it annoys me lol
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03-07-2012, 4:52 PM #5
My sister in law was from Widnes, LANCASHIRE. She spat nails when they changed it to Cheshire, in 1974.
She is, and always will be a Lancashire lass.
Steve.
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03-07-2012, 8:56 PM #6
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§metimes you see "Warrington, Lancashire/Cheshire", but I don't know what that does to search engines.
Chris
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04-07-2012, 7:57 AM #7
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So what would you put for Manchester, say?
County means different things in different contexts. For example, Warrington is a unitary authority so it's only vaguely part of Cheshire. I can't imagine any genealogist entering "Rochester, Medway" in their records!
I would stick exclusively to the historic counties unless you're entering a current address such as a record office when I would enter the modern postal address (which doesn't include a county).
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